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After an injury ended his baseball career, rapper tobi lou uses ‘competitive’ mindset to propel his music career

tobi lou remembers the exact moment his baseball career was over. “By my last year, I had figured out things that I had never known about the sport. Something finally clicked and the spring training I was having was unlike anything else. For the first time I was able to hit balls out of the park in batting practice consistently,” he told the Tribune of his time in Alamogordo, N.M., in 2012 ...
Rapper tobi lou performs on stage at the Rooftop At Pier 17 on July 11, 2023, in New York City.

tobi lou remembers the exact moment his baseball career was over.

“By my last year, I had figured out things that I had never known about the sport. Something finally clicked and the spring training I was having was unlike anything else. For the first time I was able to hit balls out of the park in batting practice consistently,” he told the Tribune of his time in Alamogordo, N.M., in 2012 playing in the independent Pecos League.

“I was finally finding ways to test my arm strength and my hitting. My last ever at-bat was a home run. That game I pulled my hammy on my first at-bat beating out an infield single.”

Due to the small number of roster spots and the possible weeks it would take him

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